Diademed tanager
The diademed tanager (Stephanophorus diadematus) is a species of Neotropical bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Stephanophorus. It is purple-blue with a white crown characterised by a small red patch, and it is found mostly in open areas in southern Brazil, northeast Argentina, and Uruguay.
Diademed tanager | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Stephanophorus Strickland, 1841 |
Species: | S. diadematus |
Binomial name | |
Stephanophorus diadematus (Temminck, 1823) | |
Synonyms | |
Tanagra diademata (protonym) |
Taxonomy
The diademed tanager was formally described and illustrated in 1823 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck under the binomial name Tanagra diademata.[2] The type locality is Curitiba in Brazil.[3] This is now the only species placed in the genus Stephanophorus that was introduced in 1841 by the English naturalist Hugh Edwin Strickland.[4][5] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek stephanē meaning "diadem" and -phoros meaning "carrying". The specific epithet diadematus is Latin meaning "diademed".[6] The diademed tanager is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[5]
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Stephanophorus diadematus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22722656A94776696. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22722656A94776696.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Temminck, Coenraad Jacob (1838) [1823]. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon (in French). Vol. 3. Paris: F.G. Levrault. Plate 257, Livraison 41. The 5 volumes were originally issued in 102 livraisons (parts), 1820-1839. For the publication date see: Dickinson, E.C. (2001). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 9. The Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées of Temminck & Laugier (1820–1839)". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 335: 7–53.
- Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 336.
- Strickland, Hugh Edwin (1841). "On some new genera of birds". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part 9: 27–34 [30–31].
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 134, 365. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.